Jose Manuel Urtain boxer

José Manuel Ibar Azpiazu (also known as Urtain; 14 May 1943 – 21 July 1992) was a Basque boxer, who became the EBU heavyweight champion in 1970 and 1971.Born in Aizarnazabal, he was nicknamed Urtain as it was the name of the house were he spent his childhood in Zestoa. When he was young he started practising Basque rural sports, known as Herri Kirolak, specially aizkolaritza (wood-chopping) and harri jasotzea (stone lifting) but he became a professional boxer.He started boxing in Ordizia in 1968 and he won 27 fights in a row by knock-out. In 1970, he became the EBU heavyweight champion in Madrid after defeating the German Peter Weiland in the seventh round.He then lost his crown on 10 November 1970 at Wembley stadium in London against Britain's Henry Cooper. The next year in 1971 he recovered the European EBU champion crown against Jack Bodell, but lost it again in 1972 against Jurgen Blin.He tried to recover the title again in 1977 in Anberes against Jean Pierre Coopman but he could not defeat the Belgian boxer.